Waterloo Flood Brings Home War Veteran’s Burial
Parkersburg Ameri can Legion post leader returns from Waterloo March 16 to help fight floods. Ben Stickley Jr. died after gas exposure and harsh conditions, buried in his hometown with church rites. Diary extracts recount his WWI service from Nov 1917 voyage to France through Verdun and Chateau Thierry to armistice, detailing bombardments, gas, injuries, and homecoming.
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Ben
Stickley, Jr
Parkersburg
American Legion
Waterloo
Stickley
The
Courier
France
Governor's Island
Plier 60
New York
Halifax
Liverpool
Southampton
le Havre
Mother
Buddie
Alabama
Not what you do but how you do it story of Tunney
A promotional piece extols the career of heavyweight champion Gene Tunney while touting Nujol as a health aid. It claims Tunney stayed in top condition through seven years of use and portrays Nujol as a safe, non habit forming natural remedy that helps remove body poisons.
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Chateau’ Thierry
Chateau Thierry
Ambu
Veryone
Gene Tunney
Tunney
Nujol Laboratories
Broadway
New York
Soldier Led Men Against Water Flood at Waterloo
A fragment recounts a soldier feeling fine at 2 a m Sunday and notes his leading men to fight a flood for Waterloo, illustrating a brief moment of action amid a career.
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Cmet
Waterloo
Easter millinery rush on the third floor
Our Third Floor Millinery Section invites last minute shoppers to select original hats and adaptations from famous Paris models. Prices are moderate as spring styles in straws and fabrics arrive, highlighting the season's newest designs.
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Paris
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Faust
Big
Lance
U. S. Red Cross
Base” Hospital
Base Hospital No
Alleroy
Verdun
Thad
Belgia
Brest
New Jersey
Camp Merritt
Coatle Tail
Camp Dodee
Des Moines
Waterlooo
Dad
Chub
Ben .Stickley, Jr
National Lead Company
Boston
Albany Street
Buffalo
Oak Street
Chicago
West 18Th
Cincinnati
Freeman Ave
Cleveland
St. Louis
Chestnut St
Sant Francisco
Montgomery St
Pittsburgh
National Lead & Oil Co. of
Philadelphia
John T. Lewis & Bros. Co
Widener Building
Bartlett & McFarlane
Bargain
Responsible
Enterprise
Tangney-McGinn Hotels Co
Chicago, Ill
VIA
Aya E ‘Sland
R. H. Johnston
McCall
Pictorial Review
BROS
Haas Bros
Haag Bros
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